Favorites of 2025
I decided better late than never this year! It is always so hard to choose favorites, but every year, some books stand out to me. Just click on the cover to see my review.
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King of Kings
By Scott Anderson ★★★★★★★★★☆ 9/10 "In some ways, this is a variation on the chicken-or-egg riddle, a debate point upon which reasonable people can disagree. On the one hand, the Iranian rebellion represented one of history's greatest c..."
A Good Animal
By Sara Maurer ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 7/10 ""When I walk these fields, I feel generations beside me."..."
Vigil
By George Saunders ★★★★★★★★½☆ 8.5/10 ""I scanned for doubts regarding things he had done ir keft undone; things he might have said but had not; mistakes to which he had not yet fully admitted, any of which might keep him from attaining th..."
THe Elements
By John Boyne ★★★★★★★★★☆ 9/10 ""Around us, gurneys pass by while outside, in the waiting room, people sit with broken arms, sprained ankles, knife wounds, all the injuries that human beings suffer on a daily basis, because our skin..."